Los Angeles Times

The number of people in U.S. prisons has grown at the slowest pace in nearly a decade, according to figures released Tuesday by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, according to the Washington Post. The study also noted that incarceration rates in 30 states declined last year. New Mexico apparently was not one of them, according [...]

The head of a Mexican cartel has instructed associates to use deadly force on this side of the border if necessary, which could lead to violence aimed at American law-enforcement agents, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.

I look forward to the Pulitzers’ announcement each year, mostly to see what stories are honored and if any of my friends wrote them. (It’s happened a few times.)
Yesterday was no different. Learning that the Pulitzers were out, I searched the Internet for a list of winners with the same old giddiness.

The headline above did not spring from my brain. It’s a line I cribbed from David Carr’s New York Times column that ran Tuesday of this week. In it, Carr laments the decline in old media.
As he notes in somewhat understated fashion, it’s been a tough few days for newspapers and magazines.